Shanxi, Pingyang Province, Houmayi Town.

I don't know whether it was the first post station or the first town, in short, a thousand years ago, Houmayi Town was a traffic center in the south of Shanxi. It is said that nearly 100,000 donkeys and mules (horses) are sold to the whole province and neighboring Shaanxi, Henan and other places through this place every year.

Such a thriving livestock trade naturally drove the economy of Houmayi Town.

Although it is only a town, there are more than 300 shops that sell and sell in various ways. Of course, there are also places that provide special services for the traders who come from the south to the north.

The better conditions are called buildings, and the worse conditions are called kilns.

The girls in the building are prettier, but expensive; The girl in the kiln is worse, but it is cheaper.

Guixiyuan is a kiln, located in the east of the town next to the three-way road, the courtyard is very large, there are twenty or thirty rooms in it, divided into two before and after. Less than a mile behind the courtyard is the wheat field of the local people, on the left is an oil extractor, and on the right is a family that trims the hooves and nails of donkeys and mules.

At three o'clock (around half past nine), there were basically no people on the streets, and the occasional pedestrians were in a hurry.

On such a cold day, who wants to be frozen outside?

The two lanterns hanging at the entrance of the temple are the only source of light at the east end of the town, which will be blown around by the wind, as if they would fall at any moment.

Unlike the deserted streets, the Guixi Courtyard at this point is very lively, with more than a dozen lanterns illuminating the front and back courtyards, and the laughter of men and women can be heard from time to time in the closed house.

Under the harmony, there is a hidden crisis.

In the darkness where the lantern could not be illuminated, a group of people quietly sneaked to the gate of Guixiyuan, and a group of people went around the side of the oil shop to the back door of Guixiyuan.

With the gesture of a figure, suddenly two vigorous figures jumped up and kicked open the door of Guixiyuan with a "bang".

The sound was very loud, not only scaring the people in the courtyard, but also startling the people who were already sleeping next door.

"Who!"

"Who the fuck is drunk and crazy and dares to kick the door of my house, don't you want to live!"

A few Guixiyuan watchmen who were pushing pai gow in the house rushed out angrily, but the scene in front of them frightened them to brake on the spot.

It was the two military masters who kicked down the gate of Guixi Temple, followed by a group of military masters with torches.

Several watchmen were scared there and didn't dare to move, and the girls who opened the door to see what was going on were also so frightened that they hurriedly closed the door, and several of the guests who were lying on the window and looking out shrank back in fright.

"I don't know if it's a military master, damn it, damn it!"

Gu San Mazi, the steward of Guixi Courtyard, who spoke, was the one who scolded him just now for not wanting to live.

A man walked over from the door and said as he walked: "Don't die, don't die, buy and sell properly, don't steal or rob, where should you die?" ”

Yang Zhi and Wang Si in front of them moved to the side at the same time, revealing Jia Liu, who was wiping his nose with a white handkerchief behind him.

The ghost is too cold, Rao is wearing a lot of clothes, but he still can't stand the snot and freeze out.

After wiping, Jia Liu casually took a torch from Su La's hand, flashed it in the faces of the guards, and ignored the guy who looked like he was in charge, and directly ordered Chang Bingzhong and Wang Fu: "Invite everyone out." ”

"Someone, search for me!"

Chang Bingzhong shouted, and a dozen or so Su Lama immediately rushed to the houses with closed doors in pairs.

Chickens and dogs jumped in the Guixi courtyard, and the screams of the girls were very piercing.

The same goes for the back door.

Gu San Mazi stood on the side with a few people who were in the courtyard, how dare they step forward to stop him.

They have heard that the town is inhabited today by the Eight Banners soldiers from Beijing!

Those Eight Banners, are they something they can offend!

After a while, twenty or thirty men with frightened faces were brought to Jia Liu.

Most of them were all Qisu who came with their masters, and only a few were serious guests. Due to the excessive fright, several people even wore their pants backwards, and some people wore only one shoe, standing in the crowd scared and cold, and their teeth chattered.

"Both?"

"Probably not."

"What are you not pulling people here for?"

Jia Liuxin said that he was always not careful, glanced at the crowd, and said, "If it's from the flag, take a step forward, you don't need to invite you below, right?" ”

The crowd you look at me, I look at you, and after a brief hesitation, twenty-six people took a step forward.

The remaining seven were of different appearances.

Jia Liu nodded, walked in front of the seven serious guests who had suffered from the pond fish disaster, arched his hand, and said very politely: "If you are in the army, if you are disturbed, I will compensate you next!" ”

Then he raised his hand and turned sideways, "Everyone, don't stand, go back and continue." ”

After the seven serious guests scolded their mothers in their hearts, Jia Liu walked up to the twenty-five people, coughed lightly, and was about to speak, when someone in the team had already preemptively said: "Captain Jia, we understand, we understand!"

Jia Liu was unhappy: "Understand, dare to come out?" The above repeatedly told the children of the banner and Su La that they are not allowed to stay outside the camp at night, let alone fool around in this place where the fence is hooked, you are knowingly committing a crime! ”

"Alas, it's not... Have the brothers been holding back for days? "The one who spoke was the Han Junzheng Yellow Banner Su La Cui San, who was arrested by Jia Liu once.

"Look at your unproductive appearance,"

It was too cold, and Jia Liu didn't want to be frozen outside, so he waved his hand, "Since you understand, then it's nonsense, follow the old rules!" Ten taels of the Eight Banners of Manchuria, eight taels of the Eight Banners of Mongolia, six taels of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and four taels of the Eight Banners of the Han Army. ”

After a pause, "Is there a problem?" ”

"No, no."

How dare the Su Lama say that the price is wrong, they can only admit that they are unlucky, otherwise it will not be a matter of fining money by this kid surnamed Jia.

Six days ago, when I was in Baoding, a Su La, who was full of eight banners, relied on the fact that the master was the clan and this kid was hard topped, but he was beaten by this kid without saying anything, and he was beaten again when he carried it to the top, and he was lying on the cart for several days and couldn't move.

The sin is great.

Pay if it's no problem, there's nothing to say.

Twenty-five people were fined a total of 260 taels, and all the distressed intestines of these Su Lama were repented.

After paying the money, there is no reason to deduct people again.

It's okay to get it, but if you don't get it, you can go back all the way to Jia Liutong and the Han Army Zhenglanqi, and the bunch of rabbits and cubs will be miserable.

When he put the fine he received in a bag and handed it to Jia Liu, Wang Fu suddenly said with a little weakness: "Are we a little lacking in morality?" ”

Of course, there is a lack of morality, and there is no arrangement for the Han army to check the night with the blue flag today.

"I don't lack virtue, I lack money."

Jia Liu grinned, took out fifty taels from the bag and asked Wang Fu to divide it among the others, and then let them go back first. I took Yang Zhi to the west of the town.

Coming to a small building that was obviously more grade than Guixiyuan, Jia Liu motioned to Yang Zhi to wait for him outside the door, and went straight inside to find the old bustard and asked a few words, and after confirming that the person he was looking for was indeed here, he said: "I will pay their accounts, and if I ask later, I will say that Jia Liu, who is from the Blue Banner, has come." ”